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δέρω

δέρω, to skin, flay

δέρω Ar. V. 485, Pl. Euthd. 285c, etc.:—also δείρω Hdt. 2.39, Ar. Nu. 442, Av. 365, Cratin. 361: impf. ἔδερον Il. 23.167, Ep. δέρον Od. 8.61: fut. δερῶ Ar. Eq. 370: aor. ἔδειρα Il. 2.422, (ἀπ-) Hdt. 5.25, (ἐκ-) Pl. R. 616a:—Med., v. ἀναδέρω:—Pass., fut. δᾰρήσομαι Ev.Marc. 13.9, POxy. 653b (ii A.D.): aor. ἐδάρην [ᾰ] Men. Mon. 422, (ἀπ-) X. An. 3.5.9, (ἐκ-) Hdt. 7.26; part. δαρθείς Nicoch. 8: pf. δέδαρμαι (v. infr.):—
  • skin, flay, of animals, δ. βοῦς Il. 23.167: prov., κύνα δ. δεδαρμένην ‘flog a dead horse’, Pherecr. 179; ἀσκὸς δεδάρθαι to have oneʼs skin flayed off, Sol. 33.7; δερῶ σε θύλακον κλοπῆς I will make a thiefʼs purse of your skin, Ar. Eq. 370: prov., πρὶν ἐσφάχθαι δέρεις ‘first catch your hare, then cook it’, Eust. 1792.45; ἀέρα δέρειν ‘plough the sands’, Id. 1215.50, Suid.
      • 2 Anat., separate by avulsion, Herophil. ap. Gal. 2.349.
    • II colloquially, cudgel, thrash, δέδοκταί μοι δέρεσθαι καὶ δέρειν διʼ ἡμέρας Ar. V. 485, cf. Nu. 442, POxy. l.c. (ii A. D., Pass.): prov., ὁ μὴ δαρεὶς ἄνθρωπος οὐ παιδεύεται ‘spare the rod and spoil the child’, Men. l.c., cf. SIG 1109.91 (ii A.D.): metaph., εἰς πρόσωπόν τινα δ. 2 Ep.Cor. 11.20. (Cf. Lith. derù ‘flay’, Skt. dṛṇá̄ti ‘split’.)

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